Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 80,000 active armed forces personnel (45,000 Army; 25,000 Navy; 10,000 Air Force); approximately 50,000 Carabineros (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the Chilean military inventory is comprised of a wide mix of mostly Western equipment and some domestically produced systems; in recent years, it has received military hardware from a variety of countries, including Australia, Germany, New Zealand, the UK, and the US; Chile's defense industry has capabilities in military aircraft, ships, and vehicles (2023) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-45 years of age for voluntary military service for men; 17-24 for women; selective compulsory service (there are usually enough volunteers to make compulsory service unnecessary); service obligation is a minimum of 12 months for Army and 22 months for Navy and Air Force (2023). note: as of 2021, women comprised approximately 18% of the armed forces |
Military deployments | . |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 1.5% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 1.6% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 2% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 2% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 1.9% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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